Master Blaster — Sachin Tendulkar   Master blaster cricketer Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is one of the most renowned cricketers among millions of people across the globe. He was born in Mumbai on 24 April 1973. His father Ramesh was a Marathi writer and mother Rajni worked in an insurance company. Although he has retired from all forms of the game, he is the greatest modern time batsman in the world of...

Faxian — The Chinese Traveller Faxian was a Buddhist pilgrim. He was the first Chinese traveller who visited India during the period of Gupta King Chandragupta II. He spent three years in Pataliputra. He visited India in search of knowledge and manuscripts. In his account, he hasgiven a general description of social, religious and economic life of people of North India at that time. He has written a detailed account of...

Fearless Conqueror — King Alexander Alexander the Great, the King of Macedonia is considered as one of the greatest conquerors in the history of the world. He was only 33 years old when he died in Babylon about 2000 years ago. It is believed that during his short life span he succeeded in finding nearly 70 cities. He is looked up as an important personality in world history. He was a...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping   The internet has transformed the way we do our shopping. Online shopping is the act of purchasing products or services over the internet. Shopping online has become very popular in recent times. It has become possible because of the availability of different shopping sites on internet. In online, shopping, a customer can directly shop over the internet. Flipkart, Snapdeal, eBay and Amazon are some...

The Importance of Electricity Or The Uses of Electricity Essay No. 01 Science has come a long way from the dark ages. Thanks to its many developments, mankind has been able to live in comfort. Of its many discoveries, the biggest discovery of science in modern times is the discovery of electricity and the inventions of many appliances to harness it for the use of mankind. Electricity has revolutionized our lives....

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)   The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called `Mangalyaan’ is an Indian spacecraft orbiting Mars. This spacecraft was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization. It carried five instruments that helped in collecting advance knowledge about Mars to achieve its scientific objective. The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket...

Computers Computer is an electronic machine that can store, organize and find information. It also controls other machines and can carry out accurate calculations. Computers can solve complicated problems and can carry out the most difficult calculations with great speed and accuracy. Besides caring out perfect calculations, computers can do several other things. A special memory is fitted inside the computers. This helps them to store lot of data. Computers can...

Human Brain The human brain is a highly evolved organ that acts as the control point of the human body. All animals have a brain that controls their actions. Animals having backbone have a more complex brain. Humans have highly developed brain that is superior to other organisms in terms of thinking and organized behaviour. The human brain is most complicated and delicate organ of the body. Actions and reactions of...